Federal Communications Commission DA 08-35
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
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ORDER
Adopted:  January 7, 2008  Released:  January 7, 2008
By the Deputy Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau:
1. In this Order, pursuant to section 10(c) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the 
Act),1 we extend by 90 days the date by which the petition requesting forbearance, filed by Cablevision 
Lightpath, Inc. (Lightpath),2 shall be deemed granted in the absence of a Commission decision that the 
petition fails to meet the standards for forbearance under section 10(a) of the Act.3
2. On January 16, 2007, Lightpath filed a petition requesting that the Commission forbear from 
applying Title II requirements and applicable Computer Inquiry rules to broadband services it offers or 
may offer.4
3. Section 10(c) of the Act states that a petition for forbearance shall be deemed granted if the 
Commission does not deny the petition for failure to meet the requirements for forbearance under section 
10(a) within one year after the Commission receives it, unless the Commission extends the one-year 
period.5 The Commission may extend the initial one-year period by an additional 90 days if the 
Commission finds that an extension is necessary to meet the requirements of section 10(a).6
4. The petition under review raises significant questions regarding whether forbearance from 
application of Title II of the Act and the Commission’s Computer Inquiry rules to Lightpath’s broadband 
services meets the statutory requirements set forth in section 10(a).  The Bureau thus finds that a 90-day 
extension is warranted under section 10(c).
5. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to section 10 of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 160, and authority delegated under sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the 
  
1 47 U.S.C. § 160(c).
2 See Petition of Cablevision Lightpath, Inc. for Forbearance under 47 U.S.C. § 160(c) from Title II and Applicable 
Computer Inquiry Rules with Respect to Its Broadband Services, WC Docket No. 07-12 (filed Jan. 16, 2007) 
(Lightpath Petition).
3 47 U.S.C. § 160(a).
4 Lightpath Petition at 1.
5 47 U.S.C. § 160(c).
6 See, e.g., Petition of Ameritech Corporation for Forbearance from Enforcement of Section 275(a) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, CC Docket No. 98-65, Order, 14 FCC Rcd 6415 (Com. Car. Bur. 1999).
In the Matter of
Petition of Cablevision Lightpath, Inc. for 
Forbearance under 47 U.S.C. § 160(c) from Title 
II and Applicable Computer Inquiry Rules with 
Respect to Its Broadband Services
Federal Communications Commission DA 08-35
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Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291,7 the date on which Lightpath’s forbearance petition shall 
be deemed granted, in the absence of a Commission denial of the petition for failure to meet the statutory 
standards for forbearance, is extended to April 15, 2008.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Julie A. Veach
Deputy Chief
Wireline Competition Bureau 
  
7 See 47 U.S.C. § 155(c).